TY - BOOK AU - Colander,David C. TI - Economics SN - 007297883X AV - HB171.5 .C788 PY - 2006/// CY - Boston PB - McGraw-Hill/Irwin KW - Economics N1 - Part I: Introduction: Thinking Like An Economist Chapter 1: Economics and Economic Reasoning Chapter 2: Trade, Trade-off's and Government Policy Chapter 3: The Evolving U.S. Economy in Perspective Chapter 4: Supply and Demand Chapter 5: Using Supply and Demand Part II: Microeconomics Section I: Microeconomics: The Basics Chapter 6: Describing Supply and Demand: Elasticities Chapter 7: Taxation and Government Intervention Section II: Foundations of Supply and Demand Chapter 8: The Logic of Individual Choice: The Foundation of Supply and Demand Chapter 9: Production and Cost Analysis I Chapter 10: Production and Cost Analysis II Section III: Market Structure and Policy Chapter 11: Perfect Competition Chapter 12: Monopoly Chapter 13: Monopolistic Competition, Oligopoly, and Strategic Pricing Chapter 14: Real-World Competition and Technology Chapter 15: Antitrust Policy and Regulation Section IV: Factor Markets Chapter 16: Work and the Labor Market Chapter 17: Who Gets What? The Distribution of Income Section V: Applying Economic Reasoning to Policy Chapter 18: Government Policy and Market Failures Chapter 19: Politics and Economics: The Case of Agriculture Markets Chapter 20: Microeconomic Policy, Economic Reasoning, and Beyond Chapter 21: International Trade Policy, Comparative Advantage, and Outsourcing Part III: Macroeconomics Section I: Macroeconomic Problems Chapter 22: Economic Growth, Business Cycles, Unemployment, and Inflation Chapter 23: National Income Accounting Section II: The Macroeconomic Framework Chapter 24: Growth, Productivity, and the Wealth of Nations Chapter 25: Aggregate Demand, Aggregate Supply, and Modern Macroeconomics Chapter 26: The Multiplier Model Section III: Money, Inflation, and Monetary Policy Chapter 27: Money, Banking, and the Financial Sector Chapter 28: Monetary Policy and the Debate about Macro Policy Chapter 29: Inflation and Its Relationship to Unemployment and Growth IV: Macro Policy in Perspective Chapter 30: Aggregate Demand Policy in Perspective Chapter 31: Politics, Deficits,and Debt Chapter 32: Macro Policies in Developing Countries Section V: International Policy Issues Chapter 33: International Financial Policy Chapter 34: Macro Policy in a Global Setting ER -